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CONTENTS 



PAGES 



Various other types of plums 218 



The native cherries 226 



The dwarf cherry group 233 



Retrospect 247 



IV 



THE NATIVE APPLES 249-273 



The indigenous species 250 



Amelioration has begun 261 



V 



THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RASPBERRY -GROWING 274-297 



Early American history 275 



The present types of cultivated raspberries 286 



Outlying types 297 



VI 



EVOLUTION OF BLACKBERRY AND DEWBERRY CULTURE . . 298-385 



The high -bush blackberry and its kin 305 



The dewberries 330 



Remaining types of blackberry-like plants 357 



The botanical names of the blackberries and dew- 366 

 berries 



VII 



VARIOUS TYPES OF BERRY -LIKE FRUITS . 



The gooseberry 



Native currants 



The juneberry 



The buffalo berry 



The elderberry 



High -bush cranberry 



The cranberry 



The strawberry 



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